Replication Archive
"Are Donations to Charity an Effective Incentive for Public Officials?"

Daniel M. Butler, UCSD, daniel.butler@gmail.com
Miguel M. Pereira, WUSTL, m.pereira@wustl.edu

Version: October 4, 2017

The replication file includes:
1) Raw data: incentives_rep.csv
2) Replication code: incentives_rep.R
3) Article: ButlerPereira_Incentives.pdf
4) Appendix A - Additional analyses: Appendix A.pdf
4) Appendix B - Informed consent, and questionnaires: Appendix B.pdf

To replicate the results in Table 1 and the analyses reported in Appendix A:
1) Open incentives_rep.R
2) Set the working directory to location of incentives_rep.csv
3) Run code

Variables' description:
# # Note: See Appendix B for the specific question wording
Exp -> NCSL = 0; NLC =1
money_self -> Assigned to monetary incentive = 1; Otherwise = 0
money_charity -> Assigned to charity incentive = 1; Otherwise = 0
control -> Assigned to control condition = 1; Otherwise = 0
gender -> Female = 2; Male =1
age -> Age in years
education -> 6-point scale from (1) 'No high school diploma' to (6) 'Post-graduate'
elected_NLC -> Local elected official = 1; Otherwise = 0
position_NCSL -> State legislator = 1; Staffer = 2; Government or public employee = 3
democrat -> Yes = 1; No = 0
republican -> Yes = 1; No = 0
maj -> Majority in the chamber = 1; Minority in the chamber = 2; Not applicable = 3
state -> Codes for states, in alphabetical order
nonpart_elec -> Non-partisan election = 2; Partisan election = 1
resp_0c-8c -> Raw responses to factual questions (See Table A4 for the specific scales)
total_answered -> Number of political knowledge questions answered
gamble -> 6-point scale from lowest to highest expected value in the choice of gambles (See Appendix B for exact wording)